(03-17-2018 09:31 AM)NC Tribe Wrote:  

(03-17-2018 08:54 AM)Rocco Wrote:  So UMBC decides to work on defense and as a result makes the tourney and makes history. Huh.

Or, UVA works on defense all the time, gets lauded for their defense, and then becomes the first number 1 seed to lose to a 16. Maybe they should have spent some more time practicing shooting!

I have been through this wish the Tribe could only play a little defense before.

Remember the Air Laycock teams of the late '80s and early 90s. We had teams that set records for scoring and yardage gained and could barley manage a winning record some years, remember that '91 team.

Well, I used to ***** about lack of defense on the football team. Now what do we have, at team that can play defense but can't score.

I am not going to make the same mistake with Tribe hoops. I'll take them just the way they are and accept that as we get a little more athletic and have a deeper bench, the defense will improve marginally. We will score a lot and so will the other team, we just have to score more then they do.

Go Tribe!

It's almost like you can't be completely one-sided to succeed. You need a baseline level of competence on both sides of the ball/court/field.